Ink fountain regulator



' June 4, 19350 H. c. JORDHOY INK FOUNTAIN REGULATOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 1'- Filed June 30, 1932 June 4, 1935. H. b. JORDHOY $003,

INK FOUNTAIN REGULATOR Filed June 30, 1932- 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 jag/a127 252/! @47076907 Patented June 4, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE INK FOUNTAIN REGULATOR Hans C. J ordhoy, North Plainfield, N. J assignor to Wood Newspaper Machinery Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Virginia Application June so, 1932, Serial No. 620,124

2 Claims. (01. 101364) The principal objects of this invention are to a mercury contact I! which of course tilts with provide means for keeping the level of the ink the lever and the float. When the float lever is in an ink fountain constant so that it will deliver in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, the ink uniformly; to provide such means in a form contacts I! are broken. These contacts supply 5 in which only a very small amount of work is electric energy to solenoids IQ of two solenoid 5 required in operating the valve for regulating the controlled valves l8. Consequently at this time level of the ink and there is little danger of the when the level of the ink in the float chamber is caking of the ink, and to provide a valve operated high these valves are closed. by the energy from an independent source not in When the level of the ink in the float chamber any way dependent on the direct buoyant power is lowered the float 20 descends as indicated in 10 f fl t r i d in th i 1 dotted lines in Fig. 3 and this establishes the Other objects and advantages of the invention contacts I! by the swinging of the same. This will appear hereinafter. establishes a circuit through both of the solenoids Reference is to be had to the accompanying l9 to open the valves 1 8. These valves will redra in in hi h main open delivering ink to both fountains until 15 Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view the level of the ink rises enough to bring the float of a double ink fountain for a newspaper printup to level position and close the valves l8. ing press, constructed in accordance with this It W b Obvious that, as the ink is us d and invention; the levellowers, the solenoids operate to admit Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, partly in section, more ink the level of which in turn rises and au- 20 and tomatically cuts off the supply. In this way a Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of substantially constant level is maintained and Fig 2, the amount of ink delivered to the printing press It is a well known fact that a variation in the iS practically uniform and constant. 7

level of the ink in the fountain of a printing This invention overcomes the difficulties of 25 press produces a variation in the amount of ink having alight float which may be stopped by the carried up between the fountain roller and the eak up Of t ink a the difficulty of having blade, more ink being carried up on the fountain th p w r f th fl at us d d r t y for operating roller when the ink is high, producing a heavier h v lv s. The n r y ne for pera ing the pumping action than when the ink is low. The valves is supp from a independent S urc 30 expedients that have been tried to render the andis not dependent on the direct buoyant p wer level constant have given some trouble. Most Of the float. of them involve a fountain float which, by a direct Although I hav illust ated and described one connection, opens and closes a valve placed in the form of the invention I am aware of the fact that ink supply for the purpose of maintaining a cond fi t o can he ma e the e n by any person 35 stant level. This float has a certain amount of Skilled in the art Without departing m t e w k t d i closing th valv nd th alve scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. after a while does not work well because of the Th efore I do not Wish to be limited in this recaking of the ink. On account of the small 'spect otherwise than asset forth in the claims,

40 amount of power supplied by the float this caking but what I do claim is: 0

becomes a serious matter. This invention is 1. In an ink supp y device for a Printing P designed to overcome these difliculties. the combination of an ink fountain and a chamber In the drawings the invention is shown as apfreely com un at W Said fountain, a float plied to a pair of fountains used for a newspaper located in said chamber, a lever having an arm to printing press, in which each fountain consists which the float is fixed pivoted at the side of said 45 of a depression id in the bed plate I l of the press. chamber, a mercury circuit closing device located The two fountains are provided with fountain on said lever, a valve for supplying the fountain rollers I?! which deliver ink to the inking mechawith ink, an electromagnetic closing and opening nism above. The fountains are connected by device for said valve in a circuit including said passageways i 3 to a float chamber I 4. These mercury closing device, whereby said valve will passageways are large and thereby insure the be opened by energy independent of the float same level in the float chamber as in the founwhen the float descends materially below its nortains. mal level.

In the float chamber is a float 20 on a lever l5 2. The combination with an ink fountain for pivoted at it. The other end of this lever carries a printing press, of a float located in said foun- 55 tain and mounted to swingon a pivot with the I increase and decrease of the level of the ink, a bell crank in the fountain on one arm of which said float is mounted, the other arm of the bell crank having a gravity operated circuit-closing means carried thereby which will complete the circuit when the bell crank is turned by the descent of the float, a valve in the bottom of the fountain for supplying ink to the fountain quietly, electromagnetic means for opening the valve, and a circuit connecting said electromagnetic means with said circuit-closing means on the bell crank.

HANS C. JORDHOY. 

